La vita è meravigliosa

Wonderful? Sorry, George, It’s a Pitiful, Dreadful Life

MR. ELLMAN didn’t tell us why he wanted us to stay after school that December afternoon in 1981. When we got to the classroom — cinderblock walls, like all the others, with a dreary view of the parking lot — we smelled popcorn.
He had set up a 16-millimeter projector and a movie screen, and rearranged the chairs. Book bags, jackets and overcoats were tossed on seat backs, teenagers sat, suspicious, slumping, and Mr. Ellman started the projector whirring. “It’s a Wonderful Life” filled the screen. [...]

di Wendell Jamieson, articolo completo (11433 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 19 dicembre 2008